Regarding the Open House/Puppy Party

Friends, I know the invite says "Dogs are welcome from 2-3:30" but you may OF COURSE keep your dog here longer than that, or come LATER with your pooch. We are just going to have Titan's birthday cake during that time =).

Hope to see you on the 9th!!!

I'm bad.

I saw this sign awhile back. This is what it said:

I thought it was too close for comfort.

So I changed it.

Sorry Janna.

Addison is here!!!

Welcome to

Addison Kay St. Leger

7lbs 3 ounces

20 inches long

Born at 1:56 am on July 18th, 2008

Congrats to the new parents, Mandy and Nick!

Addison surprised everyone a week early, via c-section.

We can't wait to meet the newest ballerina!!!

How time flies...

This was from our first morning with baby Titan... I can't believe he's going to be 1 next month. We got him in October, literally when he turned 8 weeks, but I just can't believe how time has flown by.

It made me start to think of all we've been through in the time since we've had him... we moved from apartment A8 to F5... and now from F5 to our house! Ben had also just quit the band and I had just barely started my job with Sciele; we celebrated our one year anniversary and also said goodbye to my family dog, Skooge =(. I retired from the Rush, became Director of Willow's Dance Ministry, Ben became an Area Leader for the Schaumburg/Hoffman House Group, we staffed multiple Women Revealed/Dare to Soar weekends (and saw our friend's lives changed because of them)... so much. And all in the time since we've had our little guy.

Ben is at our church's high school summer camp as a leader this weekend; crazy fool. But it's fun because that's where we met! I talked to him yesterday and he said the Freshman boys he is leading are... special... they don't talk, I guess. Sweet kids, one is the typical skinny braced/glasses kid who just wants to be accepted and the other was "forced" into going and doesn't talk AT ALL. But Ben is loving on them and making them laugh, which is what he does best. And my bro, who is also there leading, was a stellar role-model and overslept with all of his Freshman guys the first morning there and sauntered in to session half-hour late. Love you, Ryan.

This post is boring. But the pic of Titan is just too dang cute and I'm working on posting more so I guess this is a good start, right?

More too come, I promise!

The House!

Ok, I know I need to get better about posting...

Getting this house in order has been insane. We love it but man, it takes a looooooooong time to unpack and organize everything... how did we fit all of this stuff into our apartment?!?!? In any event, a lot of it just needs to be donated and thrown away.

Titan loves his "park", as we call it. He doesn't get the concept of a yard and when we ask him if he wants to go "outside" or "to his park" he FREAKS out. His latest joys include chasing butterflies and standing on the Dorothy Door (the old-fashioned storm door that leads to the basement). Weird puppy.

I promise to upload more pics soon!!!